8:21 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he would consider shortening the regular season, but only if the league could develop something meaningful to do to replace the games — and revenue — it would be giving up. Speaking at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Friday, Silver
Month: March 2019
7:20 PM ET BOSTON — Josh Harris may be the owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, but that doesn’t preclude him from checking the standings every morning like every other NBA fan. He’s well aware that if the season ended today, his Sixers and the Boston Celtics would play each other in the first round of
6:29 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks have reached an agreement with point guard Eric Bledsoe for a four-year, $70 million extension, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Bledsoe, 29, was set to be a free agent in the offseason. Bledsoe’s served as Milwaukee’s starting point guard since he was traded from the Phoenix Suns last
6:10 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Jason Witten is returning to play his 16th season with the Dallas Cowboys, but owner and general manager Jerry Jones said the tight end can be viewed as a coach-in-waiting. “Well, I think you can … and, by the way, that’s always been there and it’s always, his style has
6:24 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — Devils defenseman Mirco Mueller is going to be sidelined with a shoulder injury sustained in a head-first fall into the end boards earlier this week. Coach John Hynes said Friday that Mueller probably will not be out for an extended period. The 23-year-old Swiss player hurt his
6:26 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University INDIANAPOLIS– Oklahoma wide receiver Marquise Brown won’t be taking part in any drills at the NFL scouting combine, but he gave an update on the Lisfranc injury that required surgery. “It’s going
6:15 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Former Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray said he won’t take the field at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis but will sit down with the Arizona Cardinals, who own the No. 1 pick in next month’s draft. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner said during his news conference Friday that he won’t
5:28 PM ET The NFL’s salary cap for 2019 has been finalized at $188.2 million per team, up from $177.2 million last year and marking the sixth consecutive year it has grown by at least $10 million. The final figure is the result of negotiations between the NFL and the NFL Players’ Association and is
5:07 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins grew up a fan of the New York Giants and would consider it a “dream come true” if he landed there in the NFL draft. As it turns out, it may just be possible. Giants general manager Dave Gettleman revealed on Thursday that his preference
5:03 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Perhaps taking a page from the Baker Mayfield book on NFL scouting combine swag, Missouri‘s Drew Lock was intent Friday to show plenty of confidence and self-assurance to go with a self-imposed “chip on my shoulder” as he tries to move up the draft board. Speaking at the combine, Lock